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Worldwide distribution of the DCDC2 READ1 regulatory element and its relationship with phoneme variation across languages.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 8 May 2018
DeMille Mellissa M C, Tang Kevin, Mehta Chintan M, Geissler Christopher, Malins Jeffrey G, Powers Natalie R, Bowen Beatrice M, Adams Andrew K, Truong Dongnhu T, Frijters Jan C, Gruen Jeffrey R
Abstract excerpt
DCDC2 is a gene strongly associated with components of the phonological processing system in animal models and in multiple independent studies of populations and languages. We propose that it may also influence population-level variation in language component usage. To test this hypothesis, we investigated the evolution and worldwide distribution of the READ1 regulatory element within DCDC2, and compared its...
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